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Apple’s Growth will Come from China
According to a report from Gartner, Android-based smartphones and tablets will account for 1.1 billion devices worldwide in 2014, recording a growth of 26% over the year. Total shipments of PCs, tablets, smartphones, and mobile phones will grow 7.6% this year to 2.5 billion units. Gartner also estimates that by 2017, emerging markets will account for
Microsoft Counting on Azure and Surface
According to the latest Gartner report, Worldwide PC shipments for the fourth quarter of the previous year fell 6.9% to 82.6 million units, making it the seventh consecutive quarter of shipment decline. Despite the holiday season quarter, the researcher found that while sales of technology products in the U.S. and EMEA markets grew, the spending
Where Will eBay’s Growth Come From?
A recent Forrester report on US online retail sales projected online holiday sales to grow 15% over the year to $78 billion spurred by the availability of features like free shipping, deals and discounts. That may still be a conservative estimate when one compares National Retail Federation’s projections of online holiday sales to grow to
BlackBerry Counting on the Emerging Markets
If BlackBerry (Nasdaq: BBRY) was hoping that a name change would improve their performance, then they must have been disappointed so far. But things seem to be improving a bit in the new year. Recently, Pentagon announced plans to purchase 80,000 BlackBerry smartphones as BlackBerry continues to be known as the most secure mobile phone
Pivotal Riding High on PaaS Growth
Cloud computing is expected to be the big driving force in IT spending in the coming years. In fact, it already is. According to a Gartner report, cloud computing will account for the bulk of new IT spending by 2016. Gartner estimates that nearly half of large enterprises will have hybrid cloud deployments by the end
Is Marketo Next on the Acquisition List?
According to a report by research firm Custora, e-mail as a medium of customer acquisition grew from 0.88% in 2009 to 6.84% in 2013. Email marketing is on the rise due to its significantly low cost and ability to reach out on a massive scale. However, the media faces several challenges. Not only does it
TubeMogul Gearing Up for an IPO This Year
According to an eMarketer report on online video advertising published in early 2013, the spending on online video ad market in the US is projected to grow from $4.14 billion in 2013 to $8.04 billion by 2016, a 25% compound annual growth rate. The growth is driven by the increased adoption of social media services and
GrubHub Seamless Taking Local Restaurants to the Internet
According to a research study by Cornell University, 40% of all adults in the US have placed food orders through an online platform. Restaurants are also seeing a growing adoption of online media in their business. Nearly 16% of the restaurants studied had a mobile app, but a mere 35% of these mobile apps let consumers